Sudan: Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 41.55 percentage points from 18.24% in 2011. Since 1998 it is up 19.24 percentage points from 40.55% in 1998. The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24.12 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.73 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 5.74 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Sudan in the 2016 ranking

• Barbados — 2nd of 2: 45.88%

What this measures

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 10 values

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in nearby economies

• Angola — 9.44% (2024)
• Botswana — 14.54% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 42.28% (2024)
• Burundi — 46.42% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 36.17% (2020)
• Cameroon — 43.29% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 19.55% (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 13.8% (2021)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 35.57% (2023)
• Equatorial Guinea — 3.95% (2022)

More public sector data for Sudan

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 57 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 369.44 million (2021)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 136.99 billion (2021)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.93% (2021)
• Battle-related deaths (number of people) — 4,680 (2024)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 144,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.34% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 9.5% (2021)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 2 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

What is Sudan's taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)?

59.79% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is up 19.24 percentage points from 40.55% in 1998. The highest value was 59.79% in 2016 and the lowest 18.24% in 2011.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.GSRV.RV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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